Improvement in dies for forming carriage head-block plates



Patented Sep. 26,1871.

Y No.l 119,286,"

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

wALEs TEEEELI., 0E ANsoNIA, CONNECTICUT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,286, datedSeptember 26,1871.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALEs TERRELL, of Ansonia, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Diesfor forming Carriage Head-Block Plates, and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of thisspeciiication, and -represents in Figure l, a perspective view of theplate as it comes from the dies; Fig.` 2, a perspective view of thelower die; and in Fig. 3, a perspective view of the upper die. v

This invention relates to the manufacture of articles known to the tradeas carriage headblock plates-that is, the plate which is secured to thehead-block by the clips, with an arm extending back onto the perch.

Heretofore this plate has been formed by taking a bar of metal thewidth, or nearly so, required for the plate, and Welding theretotransverse pieces for the clip-bar arms and a third piece for extensiononto the perch.

By my improved process this is done ata single operation and withoutWelding; and it consists in the construction of dies for cuttin g orforming the plate complete in one piece, including the clip-arms andprojections for extension onto the perch.

A is the plate; B B B B, the projections to form'the clip-arms-that is,which project beyond the edge of the plate so that the ends of the clipmay be passed through the perforations formed therein and the nutsturned onto the clips to secure the parts together. G is the centralprojection, for the purpose of weldin g the necessary extension for theperch. ThisV article, as shown in Fig. l, is made to this point in thisform, and the extensions required are welded thereto by the consumer.The lower die in Fig. 2 is constructed of the form for the plate, Abeing the recess for the plate, B B for the clip-arms, and G for theperch extension. The upper die, as seen in Fig. 3 inverted, isconstructed the reverse of this, the letters thereon indicating thecorresponding portions of the lower die. The plate of metal is placedonto the lower die, and the upper die, forced down thereon, cuts orforces the'plate into or through the lower die, coming from the diefinished in the form indicated.

I Claim as my inventionlThe dies shown in Figs. 2 and 3, constructed

